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Tips for Beating the Winter Blues

6 TIPS - Beating the Winter Blues Before those winter blues get you down prepare for this common mood monster and develop a strategy to beat the cold weather doldrums. As the days grow shorter and the temperatures get lower, some simple shifts in your behavior can help you avoid seeking comfort in food to get through the winter months.
December 1, 2018 |

3 Reasons You Keep Overeating at Night

3 REASONS YOU OVER EAT AT NIGHT If there’s one thing that seems to plague many of us, it’s the munchies leading to overeating at night. Even after eating dinner, many of us find ourselves peering into the refrigerator each night, searching for something to satisfy. Is it physical hunger that’s calling? Or emotional soothing that food is sometimes so good at providing?
January 4, 2017 |

Healthy Hotel Breakfast Tips

Hotel Breakfast Guests of health and destination spas are served a nutritious breakfast, but what about when you are traveling and staying in hotels which are increasingly offering a Free Continental Breakfast? Spa Index Guide to Spas and a guest nutritionist weigh in on these tips for staying healthy on the road.
May 7, 2016 |

3 Simple Ways to Make Exercise a Habit

MAKE EXERCISE A HABIT It’s a new year, and like many of our readers, we too are setting goals for increased fitness and wellness habits. While just about everyone is gung-ho with motivation and discipline soon after making resolutions or setting goals, the customary period for breaking those resolutions or stumbling with new goals is now — almost a month in. We just need a little bit of help to stay the course.
January 24, 2016 |

Helpful Hints to Prevent Overindulging this Holiday Season

Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas — the holidays where we tend to snack on candy, toast with cocktails and punch and eat bountiful snacks and meals is upon us. Temptations will be plentiful this time of year: dinner parties, goodie trays, bountiful buffets—how do we enjoy ourselves yet keep our caloric intake at a reasonable and healthy level?   In this post, Sharon Rekieta, Fitness and Wellness Director at Lake Austin Spa in Texas, shares some helpful hints and tips. Concerned about drinking too many calories? Realize that some of the popular holiday beverages are loaded with calories and fat: Starbucks 16 oz.…
October 13, 2015 |

Eating Healthy on the Road

Eating Healthy on the Road Does eating out when you are traveling cause you stress? Are you worried that you can’t make healthy choices when you are on vacation? You don’t have to worry. With these tips for eating healthy on the road, you just need to understand a few basic rules.
September 12, 2015 |

Is my diet causing acne breakouts?

skincare The phrase “you are what you eat” has both religious and dietary origins, dating back to as early as  biblical times — Roman Catholics believe that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are changed into the body and blood of Jesus — or the 1800s when Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, politician, epicure and gastronome, wrote “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.” [Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are]. The common use of the phrase today holds that to be fit and healthy you need to eat good…
July 9, 2014 |

Guide to Essential Oils

Spa Index Essential Oils Guide For the benefit of our visitors who are considering a spa treatment which calls for ingredients in a mask or wrap which are unfamiliar, “read below before you go.” This Guide to Essential Oils provides some basic information, but it’s also helpful for selecting a new or different combination of oils based on a profile that piques your interest.
March 30, 2014 |

Zen Spaces

Meditation Tea House Our favorite zen spaces exude calm and rest for the mind body and spirit.  These are a collection of our favorite spaces, created by spas, landscape designers, businesses, home owners, and Mother Nature.
March 19, 2014 |

Embracing a Healthy Menopause with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

TCM and Menopause Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine are based on the concept of Yin and Yang, two forces that must be balanced in the body.  The concept resembles the western notion of homeostasis.  Yin is associated with coolness in the body, and Yang is responsible for warmth.  During menopause, Yin declines and so there is a relative excess of Yang in the body.  This manifests as hot flashes and night sweats, two complaints frequently reported by menopausal women. Other symptoms commonly reported are depression, anxiety, poor concentration, irregular and/or heavy menses, slow metabolism and weight gain, thinning hair, dry skin, vaginal dryness, mood…
November 6, 2013 |

What are Meditation Labyrinths?

Meditation Labyrinths Meditation Labyrinths provide a meditative experience thought to reduces stress, renew energy levels and create inner balance within the walker. Unlike a maze, which is intended to confuse, block, and misdirect the walker, a labyrinth is meant to relax by giving the walker time to meditate, think, or muse as he or she follows a “leisurely path to center.” While a maze has complex branching with many incorrect choices of path and direction, a labyrinth has only a single, non-branching path, which always leads the walker to the center. In this sense, a labyrinth is not designed to be difficult…
June 17, 2013 |

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology Path This ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) technique targets specific pressure points (usually on the feet, but also on the hands and ears) which are massaged in order to re-establish the flow of energy throughout the body. For many enthusiasts, it relieves stress and releases energy and pressure throughout the body. Reflexology walking paths are common many Asian hotels, resorts, and gardens.  The Journal of American Geriatrics Society found that regular walking on cobblestones reduces blood pressure and improves balance. You can benefit from a reflexology walk in as little as 20 minutes.  In Singapore, the Botanical Gardens have installed a…
June 17, 2013 |

Tipping Spa Attendants

Jacuzzi Tub Q: My boyfriend and I went to a day spa to enjoy a package which included a 30 minute hot tub soak, and a side by side European massage. This was a couples package. We tipped the massage therapist for two massages.  Were we suppose to tip for the hot tub?  No one performed anything while we were in there, they just opened the door and set a timer. What would be the appropriate manner of tipping in such a situation? Thanks. — Pei H. A:  You are never required to tip for the use of a common area hot…
May 17, 2013 |

What Kind of Facial Should I Get?

Teen Skincare “I am 22 and having trouble deciding on what kind of a facial treatment — my first — to get from a Day Spa on my vacation.   I have read the brochures and talked to my friends, and when I read and hear about an aromatherapy facial, that’s what I want.  Then I read about a mud mask and then that’s what I want. Then I read about a vitamin facial, and that sounds good too. My skin is pretty normal most of the time, but at other times has pretty bad acne breakouts. Help!!!” — Angel R. Angel: You’ve…
May 1, 2013 |

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